Ecce Homo (“Behold the Man”)
Life is scary. It feels unpredictable and cruel. It feels senseless and random. Faith is exhausting. The journey often feels like finding yourself tied up, alone in an unmanned and oarless row boat being mercilessly tossed about in the waves of an angry ocean.
Read More ›Rabbit Trails #26
In this week’s edition of Rabbit Trails, Doug McKelvey remains singularly focused on owls.
Read More ›A Grace Triptych
The experience of lockdown that gripped much of the world during the Covid–19 crisis was, for me, a strange period in creative terms. New ministry and family pressures brought on by the existence of the virus meant that much of the mental space I rely on for reading and reflection was gone. In the earliest days of isolating and “social distancing” I felt like I had undergone a power cut in terms of writing.
Read More ›The Habit Podcast: Gina Dalfonzo
The Habit Podcast is a series of conversations with writers about writing, hosted by Jonathan Rogers. This week, Jonathan Rogers talks with Gina Dalfonzo, author of Dorothy and Jack: The Transforming Friendship of Dorothy L. Sayers and C. S. Lewis and writer for Christianity Today, The Atlantic, First Things, and more.
Read More ›Let Justice Roll Down Book Group: Week 4
Our reading group for Let Justice Roll Down by John Perkins, led by Dr. Steve Guthrie, is in its final week. All materials for Week 4 are now available, including discussion questions, videos, and articles for further reading. Enrollment is ongoing, so join whenever you like.
Read More ›Introducing The Molehill Podcast
All of us have our main thing, whether we call it a career, a profession, a calling, or a vocation. It’s the primary occupant of our waking attention, it’s what we’re known for, and if we’re fortunate, it even pays the bills. But the hidden talent, the passion project, the side hustle—there’s an energy there that you can’t find anywhere else. It’s almost a kind of playfulness, an innocence reminiscent of childhood make-believe, untarnished by the urgencies of the everyday. That’s what The Molehill, the Rabbit Room’s annual literary journal, is for.
Read More ›Special Prayers for Back to School
I began writing Collect Prayers the second week of March, around the time that the CDC recommended no gatherings of 50 people or more. At the time, I wrote them in response to specific requests, from both personal friends and strangers on social media asking for words that would help them to cope with their fears.
Read More ›The Resistance, Episode 24: Li-Young Lee
There’s an ancient story handed down to us in the Old Testament book of Numbers in which a group of people find themselves walking in circles. Their fear of change, their avoidance of Resistance, kept them from entering a portal to something—or somewhere—better. Sound familiar?
Read More ›The Habit Podcast: Daniel Darling
The Habit Podcast is a series of conversations with writers about writing, hosted by Jonathan Rogers. This week, Jonathan Rogers talks with bestselling author, pastor, and podcast host Daniel Darling.
Read More ›The Good Infection: A Love Letter to the Rabbit Room
While shopping for something else entirely, I discovered a pair of white K-Swiss sneakers with red stripes for only $27.00 at a local department store. When I arrived home, I proudly laced them up, sauntered up to my teenage daughter, and thrust my foot into her line of sight.
Read More ›Let Justice Roll Down Book Group: Week 3
Our reading group for Let Justice Roll Down by John Perkins, led by Dr. Steve Guthrie, has begun its third week. All materials for Week 3 are now available, including discussion questions, videos, and articles for further reading. Enrollment is ongoing, so join whenever you like.
Read More ›Rabbit Trails #25
In this week’s edition of Rabbit Trails, Hutchmoot: Homebound suddenly becomes fiercely competitive.
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